Improvement in corn-planters



ftance apart that may be desired.

l 'vided with a furrow-plow,

duit-rd gisten JAMES ernannte, or KNOB Nos'rnn, MISSOURI. ,l

d Lea-m Patent No. 97,957, dared December-14, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettere :Patent and making part of the same.

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thereof', referencebeing had to the accompanying drawintgs, and to' the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

` .The nature of my invention consists inthe construc-4 tion and generalarrangement of a corn-planter, which can be set so as to vdropthe'corn at any dis- In order to enable others killed in the art to which my invention appertains, to' make and use thesame, I will now lproceed to describe lits 'construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-- Figure l is a plan view-of the entire machine, and i Figure 2 is a side view of a portion ofthe machine,

showing the manner of throwing the dropper in and outofgear. a A A represent the side beams, connected at or'near their centre by thel crossbeam B.

At this point,'on the outside ofthe side beams, the wheels G` O are mounted on suitable axles. The rirnsof these wheels are concave, and, as'tbe wheels will follow directly after the corn, they will, in a measure, cover it up. I

Any earth that may adhere to Ithe vrims is scraped oi by the Scrapers D D, attached'to Athe rear cross'- bar E, which connect-s the rear ends ofthe side beams A if?, alnd extends on'the sides'of the same, as' seen 1n g. i v

At the front ends ofthe sidel beams A/A is secured a cross-bar, G, which extends on each side of the machine, and supports at cach end a box, H, on top of whichvthe hopper I is placed. j

Under the cross-bar G, apd to the side beams AA," is pivoted a frame, J, which, under each side, is pro- K, placed directly in freut of the wheel. i

From the rear end oflthe plow K, a tube, L, leads upward through the rear bar ofthe frame J, said tube fbeing directly under a hole in the cross-bar,-G,dand

box H, through which thecorn is tobe'dropped'. To the frame J, the tongue M is attached in any suitable manuel'. l

In the boxes H H are'placed plungers a a, which are pivoted to a bar, N, one at each end, said bar thus connecting the two plungers, and rests onthe front cross-bar G. i 1

The -plhungers a are provided with" a hole, for the purpose of conveying a grain of corn from the aperture in the bottom of the hopper te the hole in the box H, and allow the same to fall down' i'nto the ground.'

The bar N is operated in the following manner:

To one of the wheels, C, n its inner side, is attached a wheel, .0, having cogs along theinner side of its rim, which cogs gear with a cogwheel, P, piv# oted on a platform, It, said platform being hinged at' -its frontend to the front cross-bar G, andrestin g upon' one side beam, A, and the cross-bar B. On the upper side of the cog-wheel P is a series of holes, in any Ior all of which pins l b areinserted; and on the platform R is pivoted alever, S, the rear en d of which extendsabove the cog-wheel?, and is acted upon' by the pins b b, while the fro'nt end Aof said lever is, bya rod, d, connected with the bar'N.

- When the machine is in motion, and consequently the cog-wheel?revolving, the pins b b will turn the lever S, causingl the bar N, with the plungers a a, to

move to one side, carrying each a grain 0f cornfrom the hoppers I I to the holes in the bars G, and to the i tubes L, from .whence it falls into the furrow made by,

'the plow K. As soon as the pin b has passed off the' end of the: lever S, a spring, T, attached in anyt suitable manner to the frame of the machine, and to the bar N, causes said bar and the plilngers a a to resume theinoriginal position.'

. The holes in the cog- 'wheelP are` so arranged, that by the insertion of pins, the machine can be regulated to drop corn one, two, three, or four feet apart, or, in fact, any distance apart.

To' the rear bar of the frame J is secured an inclined standard, YW, which supports the drivexs seat X, and

is also provided with a foot-board, Y. Then, on the `cross-bar B, of the main frame, is pivoted a lever, Z, which is provided with a ratchet-bar, aandhiclinesY -forward, crossing the standard W, so that it can` catch on 'a plate, j, secured to said standard abovethefootboard Ys d n By the use of the lever Z, it will be seen that the driver can, at any time, lowerthe front of the frameJ. On the rearbar of said frame a small bar, 11is'secured, which bar` extends toward the rear, directly under the platform R, so that -when the frontend of the frame J is lgwered, as above mentioned, the said bar h will raise the rear end of the platform,.throwing the cog-wheel I out of gear with 'the'. wheel O. By moving the lever Z back again, the wheels will -be thrown in gear again. l p

rlhis machine is designed to plant corn straight both .ways, by having a furrow at' each side of thefield, to'.

show the driver exactly where to drop the rst hill. It will save laying olf the ground one way, and save the extra hand-dropping over other machines, this machine doing its own dro ping.

Having thus fully descri ed my invention,

What I claim as new, 'and desire to secure by Letters Patenty 1. The arrangement, upon the cross-bar G, of the boxes H H, hoppers I I, plungers a a, and connecting-bar N, all substantially as andfor the purposes herein set forth.

2. In combination with the bar N and plungers a a, the rod d, lever S, pins b b, cog-Wheel P, platform It, cog-wheel O, andspring T, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3, The arrangement of the frame J with bar h, seat standard XV, and leverZ, all constructed as described, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

4. The combnationand arrangement of the main frame A B E G, wheels G C, Scrapers D D, frame J,

plows K K, boxes H H, hoppers I I, plungers a @,bar N, cog-Wheels O l?, lever S, platform R, rod d, spring T, seat-standard W, lever Z, and bar h, all constructed as described, and operating substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 14th day of September, 1869.

JAMES B. PARKER.

l Witnesses:

CHAUNCEY COBB, STEPHEN D. MEHEW. 

